Nick Catone (left) takes down Tom Watson during the second round of a UFC 169 middleweight bout in Newark, Saturday. Catone won by split decision.

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In the time since he had last won a mixed martial arts bout in the Octagon, Brick's Nick Catone suffered injury setbacks, a weight-cutting health scare and a late TKO loss because of a nasty cut in a bout he was likely winning.

But the fighter from Brick can truly put all that behind him now, after getting back in the win column at the Ultimate Fighting Championship's Super Bowl weekend card Saturday at the Prudential Center.